历年真题库：2013年4月自考00522英语国家概况试卷及答案

2013年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试

英语国家概况 试卷和答案

(课程代码 00522)

本试卷共8页，满分l00分，考试时间l50分钟。

考生答题注意事项：

1．本卷所有试题必须在答题卡上作答。答在试卷上无效，试卷空白处和背面均可作草稿纸。

2．第一部分为选择题。必须对应试卷上的题号使用2B铅笔将“答题卡”的相应代码涂黑。

3．第二部分为非选择题。必须注明大、小题号，使用0．5毫米黑色字迹签字笔作答。

4．合理安排答题空阀，超出答题区域无效。

第一部分 选择题

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Read the following unfinished statements or. questions carefully. For each unfmished staterment or question，four suggested answers marked A,B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Blacken the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space o0 the Answer Sheet, (50 points,1 point each）

1. The English Civil War is also called

A. the Second Magna Carta

B. the Glorious Revolution

C. the Puritan Revolution

D. the Long Parliament

2.were the most industrious and vigorous of the Celtic tribes.

A. The Iberians

B. The Gaels

C. The Brythons

D. The Belgae

3. Which of the following is NOT true about King Alfred?

A. He was a learned man.

B. He did not encourage learning in others.

C. He established schools and formulated a legal system.

D. He is said to have taught himself Latin at the age of 40.

4. Domesday Book was completed in,

A.1066

B.1085

C.1086

D.1215

5. Under William the Conqucror, the feudal system in England was completely established. According to this system,

A. the barons owned the land

B. the King owned all the land personally

C. the freemen were at the bottom of the feudal scale

D. the growth of the power of the barons was not restrained

6. The Black Death in the 14th century

A. spread through the whole world

B. was an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas

C. killed two thirds of the population in England

D. spared those who were rich enough to afford the expensive medicine

7. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Henry VIII carried out the religious reform?

A. He needed money,

B. He was a frivolous king.

C. The privilege and wealth of the clerngy were resented.

D. Adesire for change and refom in the Church had been growing for many years.

8. What was Elizabeth#39;s relationship with the Parliament?

A. It was often turbulent.

B. She often troubled the Parliament.

C. She was not able to work with the Parliament.

D. The Puritans in the House of Commons were not loyal to her.

9. Who is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English langunge?

A. Christopher Marlowe.

B. Ben Johnson.

C. William Shakespeare.

D. Geoffrey Chaucer.

10. Elizabethan drama began to excel only in the last decade of the century and reached its height in the first 15 years of the

_century.

A.15th, 16th

B.16th, 17th

C.17th, 18th

D.18th, 19th